Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Tell Me No More - by Henry King

Tell me no more how fair she is, 
I have no minde to hear 
The story of that distant bliss 
I never shall come near:
By sad experience I have found 
That her perfection is my wound. 
And tell me not how fond I am 
To tempt a daring Fate, 
From whence no triumph ever came, 
But to repent too late: 
There is some hope ere long I may 
In silence dote my self away. 
I ask no pity (Love) from thee, 
Nor will thy justice blame, 
So that thou wilt not envy me
The glory of my flame: 
Which crowns my heart when ere it dyes, 
In that it falls her sacrifice. 

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